VHF/DSC Tutorial

[captd]

I'm am sure all Tugnuts have already seen this, I just looked at it for the 1st time. Never did know how the durn thing worked. Now I know.
http://www.boatus.com/MMSI/default.asp Now click on "Can you hear me now.
captd

 

[captain's cat]

Never did that because I thought it was a Verizon Cell Phone commercial.... :lol:

Charlie

 

[captd]

Never did that because I thought it was a Verizon Cell Phone commercial.... :lol:

Charlie

And now you know.......... 😉

 

[rustednail]

In the 2009 R21EC, is the included radio and GPS data ports coupled? Looking at the wires coming out of the radio, it looks like they could be.

The reason I am asking is because I had to do a factory reset on my GPS due to an error which disabled the internal antenna. This is not the reset to factory settings mention in the Garmin book, but rather one the technical support guys had me do. It was a press and hold key combination, I think it was the down arrow and the menu button, but anyway...

I'm getting no position data on my VHF. How should the NMEA data ports be configured on the Garmin? Is it connected to port 1 or port2? I have tried verious conbinations but I have yet to get position data to the VHF.

Thanks for any help,

Bri

 

[Shaun]

Bri,

I'm not sure what model radio you have. By using your radio owners manual you can look at the back of your radio and locate the nmea "IN" wire and also look at your gps to locate the nmea "OUT" wire. You can get the two to network with each other. I have the icom 302 radio as my secondary and the icom 504 as my primary radio. The 504 is connected to my gps and gives me a constant time and location. The nmea "in" wire on the radio will be shielded similar to a coaxial cable. The shield is the ground and should be stripped back and connected to any ground near the radio. The center wire is the wire that you connect to your gps. Your radio, if it is capable, should automaticly acknowledge the data coming from the gps unit. You will have to reset the time delay either possitive or negative depending on your time zone. At first I thaught that I had to connect both nmea in from radio to nmea out from gps and nmea in from gps to nmea out from radio but this is not the case. It is all done from just the gps nmea out and radio nmea in wires. You will have to turn on wichever nmea out is connected to the radio which is very easily done with the menus on you gps unit.

Good luck
Shaun